fermeture
French, noun/fɛʁ.mə.tyʁ/
fermeture is spelled F-E-R-M-E-T-U-R-E (9 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,324th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fermeture is a French feminine noun meaning “closing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dispositif qui sert à fermer”.
What does fermeture mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclosing
- 2
femininefastener
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dispositif qui sert à fermer. 2. Action de fermer, de clore. 3. Cessation d'activité d'une industrie, d'un commerce ou d'un service public. 4. Opération sur un ensemble dont le résultat en fait toujours partie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fermeture
- fermetures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fermeture?
- /fɛʁ.mə.tyʁ/
- \fɛʁ.mə.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fermeture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fermeture in French?
fermeture appears 23 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).